TAKE A GANDER! Rochester Honkers | Northwoods League Mayo Field - 403 E. Center St. Rochester, MN 55904 Contact: Jordan Lank, Director of Media Relations (623)-755-7798 MANKATO MOONDOGS (2-9) @ ROCHESTER HONKERS (2-6) Game #9 — Thursday, July 16, 2020 — Mayo Field — 6:35 p.m. CST RHP Charles Harrison (0-0, 33.75 ERA) vs. LHP Shane Barringer (0-0, 2.25 ERA) ABOUT LAST NIGHT... MINNESOTA/IOWA POD STANDINGS Rochester’s struggles continued as the Honkers dropped the back end of a two-game set against the TEAM W L PCT GB STR L10 Willmar Stingers, 5-1. It was the Honkers’ fourth consec- Willmar 10 2 .833 -- W8 9-1 utive loss against Willmar — Rochester also dropped Waterloo 8 5 .615 2.5 L1 5-5 the first game of the series after strong starting pitch- St. Cloud 5 5 .500 3.0 W1 5-5 ing turned into a rocky ride for the bullpen on Tuesday night. The Stingers outscored the Honkers 12-5 through Rochester 2 6 .286 6.0 L2 2-6 the two-game series sweep. Mankato 2 9 .182 7.5 W1 2-8 Ks GALORE STRONG START AGAINST MANKATO Rochester’s strikeout woes continued in the two-game series Perhaps one of the only bright spots so far this season against Willmar. The Honkers struck out a combined 26 times (17 for the Team in Teal has been their play against Manka- Tuesday, 9 Wednesday) and went down on strikes seven times in to last Monday at Franklin Rogers Park. The Honkers the last four innings alone in Tuesday’s 7-4 loss. Rochester still jumped out to an early lead, bombarding MoonDogs leads the MN/IA Pod in Ks with 101 over seven games — four more starter Tyler Theriot by sending nine men to the plate Ks than the Waterloo Bucks, who have played 13 contests. and scoring four runs. Rochester tacked a fifth run on in its half of the fourth. Mankato chipped away at the cush- PIG PAIR ion, however, scoring single tallies in the first, fourth, The Arkansas duo of Robert Moore and Bryce Matthews has start- fifth, and seventh innings. The Honkers’ bullpen stood ed the 2020 season on a hot note. Moore has reached base in each tall, with Stone Churby (HLD, 1) and Kragen Kechely of the eight games he’s played, recording a hit in six of them. Four (SV, 1) each turning in scoreless outings in relief. of the six have been multi-hit games, but the freshman infielder went hitless against Mankato the last time these two teams met. MULTI-HIT HONKS Matthews has reached safely in six of his seven appearances, Three Rochester hitters recorded two-hit games in driving in seven runs en route to an .815 OPS. last Monday’s contest against Mankato, each with one extra-base hit apiece. Connor Denning singled and dou- STREAKS NO LONGER bled at the top of the order, and Ryan Wrobleski followed Connor Denning and Tanner Tweedt each had their hitting streaks suit with the same results to put up one of his two multi- snapped last night in Willmar. Denning carried a seven-game hit games. Bryce Matthews provided the big blow with streak into the contest before going 0-for-4 with a strikeout. a three-run moonshot in the first inning, paired with a Tweedt’s five-game hit streak ended after posting the same line. ninth-inning single for his two-knock affair. DARLING DENNING HOME SWEET HOME... FINALLY Despite Denning’s hit streak coming to an end, he’s unequivocal- The Honkers return to Mayo Field tonight for just their ly been Rochester’s best hitter, leading the team in AVG (.400), second home game of the 2020 campaign. The tem’s OBP (.514) and OPS (.980) (min. 10 AB). Among all Northwoods last home contest resulted in a 13-2 loss at the hands of League players, Denning places fourth in AVG and fifth in OBP the St. Cloud Rox. (min. 10 AB). COMING UP THIS WEEK... 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Pitched the entire eighth RHP | SO. | UCLA inning against TCU on Mar. 7, getting a pair of fly- outs and a caught stealing, in his longest outing 6-1 | 175 | CANYON COUNTRY, CA of the year ... Named to the Director’s Honor Roll for fall (quarter GPA of 3.0 or higher and pass at least 12 units). 2020 WITH ROCHESTER ERA W-L G-GS CG SH SV IP H R ER WEST COAST LEAGUE (2019) 33.75 0-0 2-1 0 0 0 1.1 2 6 5 Played for the Walla Walla Sweets of the West BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB BF WHIP BAA Coast League in the summer of 2019 … Pitched in two games, allowing just one earned over four 5 1 2 0 0 1 0 12 5.25 .286 innings. 2020 GAME-BY-GAME CANYON HIGH SCHOOL DATE OPP RES DEC IP H R ER BB SO Earned four varsity letters at Canyon High School 7-5-20 @ WIL L, 10-4 ND 0.1 1 4 4 3 0 in Santa Clarita, Calif. … Ranked as the No. 78 7-3-20 vs STC L, 13-2 ND 1.0 1 2 1 2 1 RHP in California … Recorded a 3.64 ERA with 61 strikeouts over 50 innings as a senior … Posted a 3.56 ERA and struck out 72 batters in 63 innings 2020 WITH UCLA pitched as a junior … Two-time All-Foothill ERA W-L G-GS CG SH SV IP H R ER League First Team choice … Named Canyon’s 0.00 0-0 3-0 0 0-0 0 1.2 0 0 0 Most Valuable Pitcher as a junior in 2018. BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB BF WHIP BAA 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.60 .000 PREVIOUS COLLEGIATE/HIGH SCHOOL STATS YR SCHOOL/TEAM ERA W-L G-GS CG SH SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB BF WHIP BAA 2019 WALLA WALLA (WCL) 5.17 1-1 9-0 0 0-0 0 15.2 12 10 9 9 15 1 0 0 4 3 1.34 .203 2019 CANYON HS (CA) 3.64 NR 10-NR NR NR NR 50.0 43 31 26 19 61 5 0 1 NR 3 204 1.37 .159.